ESPE Abstracts

Background: Persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy is the most common cause of persistent hypoglycemia in neonates and infants. It is a genetic disorder with both familial and sporadic forms. It is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorder, which ranges from life-threatening hypoglycemia presenting on the first day of life to only mildly symptomatic hypoglycemia in a child or adolescent that may be difficult to identify. The treatment of...